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Carson City Kid, The (1940)  link to Carson City Kid, The on IMDb  

Number: 2135

cover Carson City Kid, The

IMDb Rating:
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6.3/10 (212 votes)

Country: United States, 57 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Music, Western

Director(s): Joseph Kane

Storyline:
Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers, and not playing "himself" but playing a character named Roy Rogers), posing as The Carson City Kid, is seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds, the man who killed his brother. To find Reynolds in the gold towns, he systematically stops stagecoaches and goes through the mail, hoping to find letters addressed to Reynolds and thusly learn his whereabouts. Thus "The Kid" earns the reputation of a stagecoach robber, although he never takes anything, and the reputation is enhanced by the fact that he travels with Laramie (Francis McDonald), a notorious half-breed outlaw. A posse is about to capture them and Roy rides back to get Laramie whose horse has been shot, and Laramie repays the favor by slugging Roy and escaping on his horse Trigger. The posse rides by the unseen Roy and captures Laramie and, since he is riding the "Kid's" horse, take him to jail as being the "Kid." Laramie denies this and is told he will be free when he identifies the "Kid"; othewise he will ...

Cast:

Roy Rogers Roy Rogers aka Carson City Kid
George 'Gabby' Hayes Marshal Gabby Whittaker
Bob Steele Lee Jessup
Noah Beery Jr. Scott 'Arizona' Warren
Pauline Moore Joby Madison
Francis McDonald Laramie
Hal Taliaferro Rick Harmon
Arthur Loft Slick Gambler
George Rosener Judge Tucker
Chester Gan Wong Lee

Medium: DVD5,

Comments: Roy Rogers - Cowboy Classics Format: DVD 4 b&w Roy Rogers films, including: Carson City Kid (1940), The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944), Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), and Home in Oklahoma (1946).

Location: Drawer 18 Slot 92 - Roy Rogers - Cowboy Classics

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3